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y UNITED STATES 1 PATENT y OFFICE.

GEORGE E. GUERNE, OF SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA.

`Two-WHEELED YEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,323, dated February12, 1884.

Application filed June 22, 1883.

To @ZZ whom it may concern: Beit known that I, GEORGE E. GUERNE,

' of Santa Rosa, county of Sonoma, and State lFig. 2 is a sideelevation.

of California, have invented an Improvement in Two-Wheeled Vehicles; andI hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

IVIy invention relates to the class of twowheeled vehicles, and tocertain new and useful improvements' therein. These consist in novelsupporting-springs for thel body, and in the means for regulating oradjusting the body to a level, which I shall hereinafter fully describe.

The obj ect of my invention is to render the vehicle a comfortable andeasy-riding conveyance, by obviating or preventing that unpleasantmotion which the seat' receives by reason of the jogging of the horse.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my device.

Fig.,3 is a transverse section of the spring C on an enlarged scale.

A is the axle; and B are the shafts, secured to the axle by ahinge-joint or ordinary thillcoupling, b. y

j C are the springs. These are secured on top of the axle, just insideof the shafts, in any suitable manner,- as byagib andkey, as shown. They`thence pass around and under the axle, and above and under again in acoil or spiral, and their upper ends are bolted under the ends of theseat portion d ofthe body D.

These springs preferably consist of two leaves.

- Under the forward portion of body D are bolted spring-strips E,whichcurve forwardly and upwardly, and are secured under the crossa oftheshafts.

Glipped rigidly to the axle, just outside of the shaft on one side, isastandard or arm, H,

. the top of which is formed into a rack, e, at

guaid e right angles, provided with a guard, e.

Pivoted to the inside of the arm H is a le-` ,horizontal as well asin avertical plane, the

body has 'more independence than it has when (No model.)

the ordinary elliptical or platform springs are employed, and is enabledto counteract the oscillating motion which the shafts have a tendency toimpart to the axle. This is true even when the shafts are clippedrigidly to the axle, for the springs C are soft and yielding in everydirection, thus Well adapting them for a two-Wheeled vehicle; butwhen,as I have here shown, the shafts are. hinged to the axle, andconsequently less motion is imparted, the springs are all sufficient. Inthis construction it will be observed that the axle is-prevented fromturning, both by the springs E, connecting the body with the cross-barof the shaft, and by the rod G, connecting indirectly the axle with theshafts. The spring-strips E support the front of the body, and yet donot axle through the arm H, and thus levels the body.

Having thus described my invention, what I- claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

- l. In atwo-wheeled vehicle, the axle, body, and intervening springssupporting the body, and shafts hinged to the axle, in combination withthe axle-arm H, having-rack e, the springlever F, and the rod G,connecting the lever F and shaft, substantially as herein described.

2. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the axle A and shaft B, hinged` thereto, incombination with the axle-arm II, having rack e, and guard e', the leverF, `having spring f, andthe rod G, substantially as herein described.

3. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the axle, body, intervening springssupporting the body upon the axle. and the spring-strips connecting thefront of the body with the cross-bar of the shafts, in combination withthe axle-arm having the rack, the spring-lever, and the rod connectingthe lever and shaft, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I Vhave hereunto set my hand.l

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GEORGE E, GUERNE. l

